Hook and eye.



' 7 No. 704,512. Patented July 3,1902;

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l-IOOK AND EYE.

(Application filed July 2, 1900.)

(No Model.)

Witnesses:

' NIF STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON EJCAMPANY, OF HAMILTON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HORACE B. PECK, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 704,512, dated July 15, 1902.

Application filed July 2, 1900.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILTON E. CAMPANY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the village of Hamilton, in the county of Allegan and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the followiugisaspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in hooks and eyes.

The objects of the invention are, first, to provide a hook and eye so constructed that it can be readily attached without the necessity of stitching or sewing; second, to provide a construction of hook and eye in which the lap [5 of the garment receives support beyond the bill of the hook; third, to provide a hook and eye which can be quickly attached and at the same time shall be inconspicuous when in use. Furtherobjects will definitely appear in the detailed description to follow. I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification.

The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure embodying the features of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a detail perspective View of the laps of a garment with my improved hook and eye in position. Fig. 2 is a transverse detail sectional view through the material, showing my improved hook and eye in full lines. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective View of the improved eye. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of my improved hook.

In the drawings similar letters of reference 40 refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, A is the upper flap of a garment, and A is the under flap. These are illustrated with the usual linings A A, respectively. The eye is formed of the central engaging portion 0, which is a little upset from the body portion. The body portion is made up of short parallel wires 0 O, terminating in upwardly-projecting sharp-pointed hooks, the points being slightly turned in. This eye is Serial No. 22,311. (No model.)

applied byinserting the pointedhooksthrough the flap A, turning them backward from the edge of the same, and then inserting them again through the flap, when the points are clenched down by pressing on the same with. any hard object to the position indicated in Fig. 2. The backs of the hook portions are a little flattened at O C, so that they bend readily at that point and close down tightly upon the fabric and do not cause any projection and are very inconspicuous. The hook is formed in the usual way, with the exception that the loops are omitted and the Wires extend parallel with the shank of the hook B B and terminate in downwardly-curved sharp-pointed hooks, as clearly appears in Fig. 4. This portion extends beyond the engaging portion of the bill to serve as a support for the fabric or garment beyond the said engaging portion of the bill. These hook portions are also flattened at the back at B" 13, similar to the attaching-hooks of the eye and for the same purpose. The garment-hook is attached by inserting the attaching-hooks thereof through the lining of the garment at a considerable distance from the edge, then passing. the extended portion B backwardly toward the edge and inserting it down through the lining close to the edge, when the attaching-hooks are clenched the same as the attaching-hooks of the eye. It will thus be seen that the strain of the hook is borne by a Wide band of the material, but that the strain comes principally at the edge of the garment which is retained over and entirely conceals the hook. This hook and eye being so firmly secured to the garment greatly relieves the strain upon it and makes it very easy to fasten and unfasten. 0

I have described my improved hook and eye in its preferred form. I am aware, however, that it is capable of considerable structural variation without departing from my invention.

Having thus described myinvention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hook and eye, the combination of an eye portion with an engaging portion O;

parallel portions 0, 0 extending therefrom and terminating in attaching-hooks at the ends flattened to clench tightly; and a hook the shank of the hook at B, B extending beportion, the wires of which are extended and yond the hook and terminating in attachingturned backwardly parallel With the shank hooks turned toward the hook portion, the of the hook at B, B, extending beyond the parts being inserted through the garment and hook and terminating in flattened attaohinghooked back and clenched into' the fabric to hooks turned toward the hook portion, the engage the same as specified.

said hook and eye heinginserted through the In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my garment and hooked back into the fabric and hand and sealin the presence of two Witnesses. 2o clenched to engage the same as specified. MILTON E. OAMPANY. [L. s.]

2. In a hook and eye, the combination of Witnesses: a hook portion, the Wires of which are ex- HATTIE SEARS, tended and turned backwardly parallel with i N. T. SEARS. 

